The Raptastic Poetry Slam Thread, Hey- Who Put that "C" Before "Raptastic?" Options

[Uleni Athram]

hey say, "ignorance is bliss"
Happiness can be found in the abyss
Dismiss these sparkling lights and insist that they die and desist
Let your Will be made manifest through a clenched fist
A will to power through the ranks of the deceased
A fairy prince of whips
Smiling at the pieces of a world that took
too many of his hits
Happiness can be found in the abyss
And the black-hole-point of a rusty needle kissed by someone else's disease
Laugh at all of these
Arrested developments - the gods developed an arrest
When they stuck him in a womb and gave him life like the rest
No mercy can be found from a man so madly vexed
By the tats
of the next
ego-suicide
looking at him like he's a test
I cannot attest
you can only witness
That the future
belongs
to the freaking maddest

[mALX]

hey say, "ignorance is bliss"
Happiness can be found in the abyss
Dismiss these sparkling lights and insist that they die and desist
Let your Will be made manifest through a clenched fist
A will to power through the ranks of the deceased
A fairy prince of whips
Smiling at the pieces of a world that took
too many of his hits
Happiness can be found in the abyss
And the black-hole-point of a rusty needle kissed by someone else's disease
Laugh at all of these
Arrested developments - the gods developed an arrest
When they stuck him in a womb and gave him life like the rest
No mercy can be found from a man so madly vexed
By the tats
of the next
ego-suicide
looking at him like he's a test
I cannot attest
you can only witness
That the future
belongs
to the freaking maddest

This is Awesome Uleni!!!

[Uleni Athram]

hey say, "ignorance is bliss"
Happiness can be found in the abyss
Dismiss these sparkling lights and insist that they die and desist
Let your Will be made manifest through a clenched fist
A will to power through the ranks of the deceased
A fairy prince of whips
Smiling at the pieces of a world that took
too many of his hits
Happiness can be found in the abyss
And the black-hole-point of a rusty needle kissed by someone else's disease
Laugh at all of these
Arrested developments - the gods developed an arrest
When they stuck him in a womb and gave him life like the rest
No mercy can be found from a man so madly vexed
By the tats
of the next
ego-suicide
looking at him like he's a test
I cannot attest
you can only witness
That the future
belongs
to the freaking maddest

This is Awesome Uleni!!!

Arigatou, mALX! Here's another one.


Illusions
(I made this when I was drunk!)


"Where came you, then?
How far into the night have you fallen?
In your meaningless pursuit of ascension
you have only won annihilation.
From the depths of your pride,
you have been granted only humiliation.
Irony, then, the greatest and cruelest of all the tricksters;
for he who sought perfection,
saw only the morass of his unreachable vision.
O Sadness! O Shame! O Dishonor!
Where came you, this lust for attention?
Is it not the greatest of your hated vocation?
You have tasted the nectar of these Three once;
why, now, in the hour of your twilight,
do you seek them once more, o Prince of Self-Deception?
Is the path you wish to tread upon?
A never ending cycle of Fantasy Delusions,
Mental Dilutions that would result in your heart's Dissolution?
In the day when Snow fell,
In the day when Valentine Died.
You cried. "Despair never tasted this sweet!
But how terrifying Hope, much more,
When She forces you into destructive Temptations!"
Where came you then, this decimation of warnings?
You promised yourself, in the day when your Heart broke,
you would never pursue meaningless attractions.
And yet here we are, pining once more
for an impossible relation.
To pursue Her is to walk the path of complete ruination!
...
But where came you then?
You, who breaks all of my walls,
All of my protection?
Deep down I know you're just another heartbreak
But smile, and gaze at me with a reflection
tempt me with your words, be they mellifluous abduction!
Make me suffer, make me drown in your illusions
Because suffering...
Suffering is my divine addiction."

[mALX]

hey say, "ignorance is bliss"
Happiness can be found in the abyss
Dismiss these sparkling lights and insist that they die and desist
Let your Will be made manifest through a clenched fist
A will to power through the ranks of the deceased
A fairy prince of whips
Smiling at the pieces of a world that took
too many of his hits
Happiness can be found in the abyss
And the black-hole-point of a rusty needle kissed by someone else's disease
Laugh at all of these
Arrested developments - the gods developed an arrest
When they stuck him in a womb and gave him life like the rest
No mercy can be found from a man so madly vexed
By the tats
of the next
ego-suicide
looking at him like he's a test
I cannot attest
you can only witness
That the future
belongs
to the freaking maddest

This is Awesome Uleni!!!

Arigatou, mALX! Here's another one.


Illusions
(I made this when I was drunk!)


"Where came you, then?
How far into the night have you fallen?
In your meaningless pursuit of ascension
you have only won annihilation.
From the depths of your pride,
you have been granted only humiliation.
Irony, then, the greatest and cruelest of all the tricksters;
for he who sought perfection,
saw only the morass of his unreachable vision.
O Sadness! O Shame! O Dishonor!
Where came you, this lust for attention?
Is it not the greatest of your hated vocation?
You have tasted the nectar of these Three once;
why, now, in the hour of your twilight,
do you seek them once more, o Prince of Self-Deception?
Is the path you wish to tread upon?
A never ending cycle of Fantasy Delusions,
Mental Dilutions that would result in your heart's Dissolution?
In the day when Snow fell,
In the day when Valentine Died.
You cried. "Despair never tasted this sweet!
But how terrifying Hope, much more,
When She forces you into destructive Temptations!"
Where came you then, this decimation of warnings?
You promised yourself, in the day when your Heart broke,
you would never pursue meaningless attractions.
And yet here we are, pining once more
for an impossible relation.
To pursue Her is to walk the path of complete ruination!
...
But where came you then?
You, who breaks all of my walls,
All of my protection?
Deep down I know you're just another heartbreak
But smile, and gaze at me with a reflection
tempt me with your words, be they mellifluous abduction!
Make me suffer, make me drown in your illusions
Because suffering...
Suffering is my divine addiction."

The Mint Chocolate Chip and nut Ice Cream fell again, huh?






This post has been edited by mALX: Aug 17 2015, 05:13 AM

[Uleni Athram]

It did! Oh, how destructive it was for my psyche!

[mALX]

It did! Oh, how destructive it was for my psyche!

Thanks to you and your ice cream, I find myself drinking a chocolate shake for breakfast this morning, lol.

And drunk ice cream eating is a sure cause of having it fall on the floor, (and puking too),














This post has been edited by mALX: Aug 17 2015, 03:39 PM

[Callidus Thorn]

There are times that I really hate the way my mind works. This is such a one.



A city wrought of steel and glass, that shone amidst the light,
Through which flowed inspiration, that glowing river bright,
Falls now to dark, corrupted by the bitter touch of night,
And the streets below, in shadow swathed, are hidden now from sight,
The mighty buildings, tall and graceful, reaching to the sky,
Now twist and warp, like jagged claws, as if the stars to pry,
Or snatch and cast down anything, that might yet dare to fly,
If with the coming darkness, spirits proud should seek to vie,
That river fair, that fed it all, with ever present glitter,
Now thickly rolls, black and foul, a source of poison bitter,
And in place of bright thoughts that used to dance and flitter,
Are aborted creatures, malformed, 'pon many legs they skitter,
Those ordered streets and avenues, that sped the flight of thought,
Now twist and turn upon themselves, by shadow they're re-wrought,
Into dark alleyways and corridors, each one with peril fraught,
By twisted creatures, those remaining residents are sought,
And tortured artist, once more takes up razored brush of words,
To paint the darkened vision that, his waking mind, disturbs.



yeah, it sucks, but considering the subject matter is that really any surprise?

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Sep 22 2015, 10:56 PM

[Uleni Athram]

Heh, ain't it fun when the only way to overcome the Block is to take inspiration from it and write about it?

[mALX]

There are times that I really hate the way my mind works. This is such a one.



A city wrought of steel and glass, that shone amidst the light,
Through which flowed inspiration, that glowing river bright,
Falls now to dark, corrupted by the bitter touch of night,
And the streets below, in shadow swathed, are hidden now from sight,
The mighty buildings, tall and graceful, reaching to the sky,
Now twist and warp, like jagged claws, as if the stars to pry,
Or snatch and cast down anything, that might yet dare to fly,
If with the coming darkness, spirits proud should seek to vie,
That river fair, that fed it all, with ever present glitter,
Now thickly rolls, black and foul, a source of poison bitter,
And in place of bright thoughts that used to dance and flitter,
Are aborted creatures, malformed, 'pon many legs they skitter,
Those ordered streets and avenues, that sped the flight of thought,
Now twist and turn upon themselves, by shadow they're re-wrought,
Into dark alleyways and corridors, each one with peril fraught,
By twisted creatures, those remaining residents are sought,
And tortured artist, once more takes up razored brush of words,
To paint the darkened vision that, his waking mind, disturbs.



yeah, it sucks, but considering the subject matter is that really any surprise?

This is Awesome! So technically, you don't actually have writer's block - you are just trying to write prose when poetry is your forte of the moment, lol. I do love your poems!

[Callidus Thorn]

Oh, that isn't about writer's block. At the moment my problem's more a question of mindset/state of mind than anything else.

This post has been edited by Callidus Thorn: Sep 23 2015, 10:12 AM

[mALX]

Oh, that isn't about writer's block. At the moment my problem's more a question of mindset/state of mind than anything else.

Aha, I see; that can be frustrating!